Berkeley’s Theodicy in A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710)
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https://doi.org/10.12775/szhf.2014.046Keywords
Berkeley, God, evil, theodicy, justiceAbstract
In this article I attempt to reconstruct Berkeley’s views on the nature of God and his Providence, as well as the way he refers to the problem of evil and justice in the world. My analysis is based on one of the early works by Berkeley, i.e. Principles of Human Knowledge (1710). Its aim is to present Berkeley’s understanding of theodicy as different from the one suggested by Leibniz in Theodicy (1710).
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Berkeley, G. The Works of George Berkeley ed. A. A. Luce and T. E. Jessop, 9 vols.; London–Edinburgh–Paris–Melbourne–Toronto–New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1948–1957.
Leibniz, G. W., Theodicy, Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, 1951, The Project Gutenberg EBook: November, 24, 2005.
Adams, R. M. Leibniz. Determinist, Theist, Idealist, New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Hershbell, J. P. “Berkeley and the Problem of Evil”, Journal of the History of Ideas, 31, No. 4, (1970): 543–554.
Routledge History of Philosophy, ed. by G. H. R. Parkinson and S. G. Shanker, 10 vols., London–New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 1993–1999.
The Dictionary of the History of Ideas, ed. P. Wiener, 4 vols., New York: Scribner, 1973.
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